Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Administrator's Guide


Tivoli Disaster Recovery Manager Checklist

The following checklist can help you set up Tivoli Disaster Recovery Manager.

Table 28. Tivoli Disaster Recovery Manager Checklist

Activity Start Date End Date Status Person Resp. Backup Person
Plan for DRM




Evaluate your disaster recovery requirements
  • What are the business priorities for recovering your clients?
  • Where is the recovery site?
  • Is the recovery site hot, warm, or cold?
  • Do the clients have connectivity to recovery server?
  • Who are the system and TSM administrators?
  • Will you need to return to the original site?
  • Where are the offsite backups stored?
  • How does the vault handle the backup media?
  • How are the backups packaged or processed?
  • Who provides the courier service?





Evaluate the current storage pool backup implementation
  • What primary storage pools are being backed up?
  • When are the backups performed?
  • Will the backups remain onsite or be sent offsite?
  • Naming conventions for replacement volumes for primary storage pools





Evaluate the current database backup implementation
  • When are the backups performed?
  • Backup purpose: offsite or onsite
  • Will you use snapshot database backups or full plus incremental database backups?
  • How long do you want to keep backup series? Verify that the values for copy storage pool REUSEDELAY and DRMDBBACKUPEXPIREDAYS are the same.





Determine which primary storage pools are to be managed by DRM




Determine which copy storage pools are to be managed by DRM
  • Offsite copy storage pools





Where to Save the Recovery Plan File

Locally:

  • What is the recovery plan file pathname prefix?
  • How will recovery plan files be made available at the recovery site?
    • Print and store offsite
    • Tape/diskette copy stored offsite
    • Copy sent/NFS to recovery site

On Another Server:

  • What server is to be used as the target server?
  • What is the name of the target server's device class?
  • How long do you want to keep recovery plan files?





Determine where you want to create the user-specified recovery instructions

What is the prefix of the instructions pathname?






Analyze the sequence of steps related to the PREPARE command backup movement

Document the flow of activities and timings

  • Sending of volumes offsite
  • Return of empty volumes
  • PREPARE timing





Installation




Receive and Install the TSM code




License DRM
  • REGISTER LICENSE or
  • Update the server options





Set DRM defaults

Issue:

  • SET DRMDBBACKUPEXPIREDAYS to define the database backup expiration
  • SET DRMPRIMSTGPOOL to specify the DRM-managed primary storage pools
  • SET DRMCOPYSTGPOOL to specify the DRM-managed copy storage pools
  • SET DRMPLANVPOSTFIX to specify a character to be appended to new storage pools
  • SET DRMPLANPREFIX to specify the RPF prefix
  • SET DRMINSTRPREFIX to specify the user instruction file prefix
  • SET DRMNOTMOUNTABLENAME to specify the default location for media to be sent offsite
  • SET DRMCOURIERNAME to specify the default courier
  • SET DRMVAULTNAME to specify the default vault
  • SET DRMCMDFILENAME to specify the default file name to contain the commands specified with the CMD parameter on MOVE and QUERY DRMEDIA
  • SET DRMCHECKLABEL to specify whether volume labels are verified when checked out by the MOVE DRMEDIA command
  • SET DRMRPFEXPIREDAYS to specify a value for the frequency of RPF expiration (when plan files are stored on another server)





Define the site-specific recovery instructions

Identify:

  • Target disaster recovery server location
  • Target server software requirements
  • Target server hardware requirements (storage devices)
  • TSM administrator contact
  • Courier name and telephone number
  • Vault location and contact person

Create:

  • Enter the site-specific recovery instructions data into files created in the same path/HLQ as specified by SET DRMINSTRPREFIX





Test Tivoli Disaster Recovery Manager




Test the installation and customization
  • QUERY DRMSTATUS to display the DRM setup
  • Back up the primary storage pools
  • Back up the TSM database
  • QUERY DRMEDIA to list the backup volumes
  • MOVE DRMEDIA to move offsite
  • PREPARE to create the recovery plan file





Examine the recovery plan file created




Test the recovery plan file break out
  • REXX exec planexpl.rex
  • Locally written procedure





Set up the schedules for automated functions





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